noun

• 1A small piece of bread or pastry with a savoury topping, served with drinks at receptions or formal parties.

  ‘smoked-salmon canapés’

  More example sentences

  • ‘But instead of resorting to the sort of supermarket canapés that are served with inevitable monotony at so many parties, why not opt for home-made nibbles, which also work out far cheaper.’
  • ‘From the canapés with our pre-dinner drink to the petits-fours served with coffee in the lounge, nothing could be faulted.’
  • ‘The company would assemble round this table, propose toasts, clink glasses, down the first glass of vodka in a gulp, and quickly follow it with a bite of herring or a caviar canapé.’
  • ‘In addition, the conventioneers consumed 2,500 smoked salmon canapés, nine roast steamships of beef and nine honey-glazed hams.’
  • ‘We had private access to a new exhibition in the museum followed by a champagne & canapé reception all served by excellent staff in a magnificently decorated pair of rooms.’
  • ‘Pre-dinner drinks outside are always welcome, though, weather-permitting, and this is also the time to serve up some substantial canapés - this means that dinner can be delayed if the sun is still up.’
  • ‘The room was full of people talking, drinking, plucking canapés from the silver trays of passing waiters.’
  • ‘I was busy preparing canapés all day in preparation for the launch party, but I found the time to get my hair done, so I looked half presentable.’
  • ‘A number of artists and sculptors will be present and wine and canapés will be served throughout the evening to the accompaniment of gentle jazz music.’
  • ‘Tickets cost £5 which includes a champagne reception with canapés and a raffle.’
  • ‘Sitting by the pool in the balmy evening air, we enjoyed delicious drinks and canapés.’
  • ‘And then he plies me with a series of divine canapés, and some extremely good champagne.’
  • ‘So when the mini fish pies and smoked duck canapés arrived, I was positively gasping for a glass of bubbly.’
  • ‘Entrées, affordably priced between $1.50 and $5.75, include your standard imperial, spring or egg rolls, as well as dumplings and shrimp canapés.’
  • ‘We were waited on hand and foot, served from silver salvers with tasty canapés and our glasses were never empty.’
  • ‘Champagne will be served at midnight, followed by canapés at 1 a.m.’
  • ‘A stewardess, having given the officials canapés, asked whether she should serve them to the players.’
  • ‘Aperitifs and canapés in the Cedar Room and post-prandial drinks in the gazebo on the lawn should not be missed.’
  • ‘Diners will be treated to scrumptious canapés and cocktails at the first hotel after which they will board a coach and travel to the next hotel for starters.’
  • ‘You may think that canapés are perfectly nice little mouthfuls of harmless kitsch, and what's the difference between a canapé in the hand or a starter on the plate.’

  Synonyms

  starter, canapé, first course, finger food, titbit, savoury, snack

• 2A decorative French antique sofa.

  ‘She is seated at ease on a comfortable canapé.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Many different types of couches exist; popular types include the divan. the chaise longue, the canapé or the ottoman.’